The Journal — The Jah Russ Library https://jahruss.com/journal/ Essays on psychology, faith, veterans, manhood and becoming, by Jamaal Russell, writing as Jah Russ. en Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What the Portrait Cannot Hold https://jahruss.com/journal/what-the-portrait-cannot-hold/ https://jahruss.com/journal/what-the-portrait-cannot-hold/ We can know someone deeply without knowing them completely. Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Jamaal Russell When Strength Becomes the Only Emotion a Man Is Allowed to Have https://jahruss.com/journal/when-strength-is-the-only-emotion/ https://jahruss.com/journal/when-strength-is-the-only-emotion/ Strength is not emotional absence. It is emotional stewardship. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Jamaal Russell What Veterans Lose When They Leave More Than the Military https://jahruss.com/journal/what-veterans-lose/ https://jahruss.com/journal/what-veterans-lose/ A passport changes your legal location. It does not settle the conscience. Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Jamaal Russell Who Are You When Nobody Needs Anything From You? https://jahruss.com/journal/who-are-you-when-nobody-needs-you/ https://jahruss.com/journal/who-are-you-when-nobody-needs-you/ A man can be needed everywhere and loved nowhere. What is left when the phone finally goes quiet? Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Jamaal Russell What Did Your Service Cost You Internally? https://jahruss.com/journal/what-did-your-service-cost-you/ https://jahruss.com/journal/what-did-your-service-cost-you/ We ask veterans what happened to them. We almost never ask what it cost them. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Jamaal Russell When Did Usefulness Become Safer Than Visibility? https://jahruss.com/journal/usefulness-safer-than-visibility/ https://jahruss.com/journal/usefulness-safer-than-visibility/ I know how to be useful. What I have had less practice at is being seen. Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Jamaal Russell